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[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi Henry:

I thought I should take a moment to correct an impression in your first
paragraph in answer to Robert. Randy Potter developed his course before
he bought the Aubrey Willis coarse. The Willis course had become small
in its use. Randy just bought out his best competition. I do not believe
he has incorporated any of the material in his course. He does however
help out the former Willis course users.

George Defebaugh and I worked with Randy on his early video tape.

Jim Coleman, Sr.


On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, arth wrote:

> robert,
> 
> I'm very sorry to hear of your illness. I hope the very best for you. I
> started 20 some years ago with the Aubrey Willis correspondence course which
> is pretty good. It was eventually bought out by Randy Potter who turned it
> into a state of the art video course. I still have my original course. It's
> 10-12 or so chapters. If you send me your mailing address I will send you a
> chapter a month or something like that.
> 
> It's tough to get a mentor. Once you get some reading done techs won't have
> to do as much teaching for you; they will be more likely to do some
> explaining. Stay on this list and you will learn a lot. And tune your lab
> piano a little every day. Use your musical skills as much as possible. I
> find at times I will rely on my sense of scale pitch to get me in the
> ballpark (if the piano is way out). Although this is not how we
> traditionally tune a piano, at times, all our resources may be called into
> play.
> 
> henry artigue
> 
> Robert wrote:
> 
> > Dear Piano Technicians:
> >
> > My name is Robert Brainerd and I live in St. Joseph, MO. I have been a
> > band director for the last 17 years and  was diagnosed with lymphatic
> > cancer about three years ago.
> >
> > Needless to say that complicated my life plans in a big way, but I truly
> > believe that I am going to survive this. Due to some radical surgeries
> > and some very tough treatment however, my health and endurance are not
> > at all what they were before the cancer.  I just can't physically keep
> > up with pace and drive needed to maintain a successful band program.  I
> > have been a musician my entire life and would like to stay in the field.
> >
> > Piano tuning as a professional is very appealing to me and I would like
> > to get started. I currently attend the Piano Technicians Guild meetings
> > in Kansas City and have bought a used piano for "lab" work and a book on
> > tuning and servicing by Arthur Reblitz. Trying to find a mentor has been
> > nearly impossible, and I can understand that.
> >
> > I am writing to ask if any of you might have some suggestions that could
> > help me along my new journey.  Also, if anyone has any materials, or
> > courses in piano tuning that they would not mind re-selling to me,
> > provided they are no longer in need of them.
> >
> > Any response from you would be greatly appreciated, and I look forward
> > to hearing from some of you soon.
> >
> > Yours sincerely,
> > Robert Brainerd
> 
>